Entertaining and important tech industry news
Teens these days drop so many “lits,” “fams,” and “wokes,” that you never know if they’re giving you a compliment or secretly planning to set your house on fire. It’s partly the natural evolution of language and part byproduct of text messaging and social media. Next time you are looking at your teen's social media, this might be a helpful guide to help you interpret what the heck they are saying!
Smartphone apps like Waze, a godsend for some road warriors because they shave minutes and even hours off their commutes with their creative detours off main highways, are causing headaches for city planners. Do you use an app for slow moving traffic?
Macs are really no more secure than a PC, but for many years there just weren’t as many out there because of the expense of the hardware and other issues. They've historically been a much less popular choice among both consumers, enterprises, and hackers alike. What's changed?
Protecting your business from malware, hackers and ransomware isn’t cheap, but if you think security and reliability is expensive, try fixing a disaster. Here are 12 steps that will, in the long run, make your business safer.
After dropping to a three-year low last year, consumer purchases of smartphones are expected to rebound this year, fueled by better security, new functions, improved performance and device refresh schedules. Read about this and other smartphone trends forecast for 2017.
Cloudflare, one of the world’s largest internet security companies, has suffered a breach that has leaked tons of customers' personal data. If you have used fitbit, Uber, OK Cupid or dozens of other sites Cloudflare was protecting, it's time to act to protect yourself. Now.
Dell is using plastic taken from streams and rivers to make its recyclable packaging. That's very positive tech news.
If you’ve been following any of the latest business and technology headlines, you’ve no doubt heard how 2017 will be the year that ground-breaking technologies like virtual reality and artificial intelligence will create new paradigms in our healthcare systems, schools, universities, and enterprises. Here’s a look at three types of technology that can help you establish the groundwork required to get ahead in 2017.
Learn how to survive the 2017 political chatter by filtering your Facebook news feed to block annoying political posts.
Designers use “benevolent deception” to trick users into trusting the system. But why misrepresent how long it takes to complete a process, and take up unnecessary time doing so?
We didn't want to cast a pall over your Valentine's Day last week, but now that "Spring is in the air, and love is all around," a little online dating advice to protect your personal information and, in some cases, finances.
This app allows users to send out anonymous compliments called “brightens, either anonymously or with his/her name (no sending from someone else's name). This lifts can make all the difference in a troubled person's day.
